2 Corinthians 3:3 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. ”

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared - You are made manifest as the epistle of Christ; or you, being made manifest, are the epistle, etc. They had been made manifest to be such by their conver...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Forasmuch as ye are] (a) manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ (b) ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the (c) living God; (1) not in tables of stone, but in fle...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:1 to 2 Corinthians 4:10 . The Splendour of the Apostolic Ministry in Spite of its Outward Lowliness. 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 . One of the charges laid against Paul had probably bee...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

manifestly declared . manifested. Greek. phaneroo. App-106. Christ . App-08. ministered . Greek diakaneo. App-190. by. Greek. hupo , as in 2 Corinthians 3:2 . not . Greek. ou . App-1...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Ye are the Epistle of Christ Pursuing the metaphor, he says that the Epistle of which he speaks was written by Christ, inasmuch as the faith of the Corinthians was his work. He says that...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2005 CHRISTIANS ARE EPISTLES OF CHRIST 2 Corinthians 3:2-3 . If are our epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men: forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epi...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of th...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared— The sense of St. Paul here is plainly this: that he needed no letters of commendation to them; but that their conversion, and the gospel written, not with i...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'In speaking thus highly of my motives I am not writing a letter to commend myself, nor do I need (like these opponents of mine) letters of recommendation either to you or from you. (2)...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Forasmuch, as ye are manifestly declared. — The metaphor appears to shift its ground from the subjective to the objective. It is not only as written in his heart, but as seen and known by others, t...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 8 LIVING EPISTLES. 2 Corinthians 3:1-3 (R.V) "ARE we beginning again to commend ourselves?" Paul does not mean by these words to admit that he had been commending himself before: he me...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Savor of the Knowledge of Christ 2 Corinthians 2:12-17 ; 2 Corinthians 3:1-6 Paul, in 2 Corinthians 2:14-16 , imagines himself as part of his Master's procession passing through the world...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The apostle declared that the Church is the supreme credential of the power of the ministry. The Corinthian Christians are "known and read of all men." This, however, was not the deepest truth. They...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? (2) Ye are our epistle written in our hearts, known and r...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

LIVING EPISTLES ‘Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared ,.... But lest it should be thought that the apostle attributed too much to himself, by saying that the Corinthians were our epistle; here he says, they were...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of th...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Forasmuch as ye Some of whom were once so immoral, but who are now so pious and virtuous; are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ Which he has formed and published to the world; mini...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Did the Corinthians assume that Paul was merely commending himself or defending himself in penning the last verse of chapter 2? It was not so; but necessity demanded that they should recognize that h...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Apology for Seeming Self-Commendation. A. D. 57. 1 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He had told them before that they were his epistle, his epistle recommendatory, the change which God had wrought in their hearts did more recommend him than all the epistles in the world could; but h...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you? You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read of all men, it being rev...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES N.B. A continuous outpour of argument and appeal, all “alive,” and quivering, thrilling, with quick emotion, from 2 Corinthians 2:17 to 2 Corinthians 6:10 . 2 Corinthians...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

tables of That is, the ten commandments.
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:1-5 I. There is a peculiar writing on the tablet of the Christian's soul. The old covenant, with its precepts and penalties, was engraven upon slabs of stone; but the new covenant,...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:1 . Do we begin again to commend ourselves? A happy mode of recovery, as though he had slidden unawares into self-applause, when contrasting his ministry with that of false teacher...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we … epistles of commendation? A pastor’s claim 1. The voluntary relations of men are founded upon mutual confidence, and even those which are i...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Defence against the charge of self-recommendation, which St. Paul does not need ( 2 Corinthians 3:1-47 ). His sufficiency comes from God ( 2 Corinthians 3:4-47 ), who has made him min...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Glory of the New Testament Ministry. The apostle's letter of commendation:
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:5-10 ; 1 Samuel 17:26 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:9 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Daniel 6:26 ; Exodus 24:12 ; Exodus 31:18 ; Exodus 34:1 ; Ezekiel 11:19 ; Ezekiel 36:25-27 ; Hebrews 10:1...
2 Corinthians 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Manifestly declared to be the letter of Christ — Which he has formed and published to the world. Ministered by us — Whom he has used herein as his instruments, therefore ye are our letter also. Wri...

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:3 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 3:3 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 3:3 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes